Health Care : Current Reviews

Pain management during vaginal sexual intercourse

International Congress on Global Healthcare

August 24-25, 2023 | WEBINAR

Santosh Kumar Mishra

S. N. D. T. Womenâ??s University, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Health Care Curr Rev

Abstract:

Painful sexual intercourse can be felt externally on the vulva or internally in the vagina, uterus or pelvis. Factors like underlying medical conditions or infections can cause painful sex. Dyspareunia is genital pain during or after sexual intercourse. The author of this work argues that sexual intercourse become extremely painful especially before, during, and after menopause. There are other biological reasons for painful vaginal sexual intercourse. However, the author does not wish to elaborate more on this aspect, as it is beyond scope and objectives of this work. It is important to know about pain management. In some cases, it requires intervention of sexologists. In this work, the author suggests the viable measures that individual engaging sexual partners (male and female, & boys and girls) can consider taking for pain management. The suggested measures (based on author’s research knowledge & experiences, including interaction with stakeholders in India and abroad during international conferences on sexual health subjects) have the potential to reduce pain, in some cases, no pain will be experienced by women and girls). In terms of objectives, this work has: (a) general objective: to 2 outline the framework within which pain takes place during vaginal sexual intercourse; and (b) specific objective: to present viable pain management strategies (without the intervention of health professionals) during vaginal sexual intercourse, especially after menopause. It relies on secondary data (primarily ‘qualitative’), and method of analysis is ‘descriptive’. At this juncture, the author says that there are other forms of intercourse (including anal and oral sex). However, for the purpose of this work, ONLY pain management during vaginal (sexual) intercourse has been looked into. The author of this work suggests these measures that can be adopted by individual engaging sexual partners for the purpose of reducing or minimizing pain during vaginal sexual intercourse: (1) maintenance of sexual hygiene; (2) use of physician-prescribed lubricant (at vagina opening & penis); (3) extended foreplay; (4) wearing loose & comfortable clothes during actual sexual act; (5) exercises (yoga), but with care, some positions may not suit everyone; (6) different intercourse positions that suit the individual women (girls), doggy style may be pleasant and less pain-inducing for some; (7) good and closer communication; (8) knowing each other’s preferences (e. g., kissing, gentle rubbing each other’s inner body parts); (9) watching erotic and sexual acts (but with caution, respecting locally prevailing information & communication technology (ICT) acts, e. g., not watching porn videos (materials): (a) in public places, & (b) when kids and others are around; (10) positive attitude about sex (sexuality); (11) vagina being sucked in pleasant manners; and (12) discouraging guests (if possible) before sexual intercourse. The paper briefly concludes that vaginal intercourse can be a pleasant experience with adequate precautions at the individual level.

Biography :

Santosh Kumar Mishra He retired (in the capacity of Technical Assistant) on June 30, 2020 from the Population Education Resource Centre (PERC), Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension [DLLE, previously known as Department of Continuing & Adult Education & Extension Work (DCAEEW)], S.N.D.T. Women's University (SNDTWU), Mumbai, India. He underwent training in demography, with award of Government of India Fellowship, during 1986-1987 from the IIPS (Deemed University), located at Mumbai.